International Olympic Committee Vice President Kim Un-yong was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison on embezzlement and bribery charges in Seoul today in a ruling that will probably end his long, powerful career at the IOC.

A vice president of the International Olympic Committee was arrested today on corruption charges.

Losing IOC presidential candidate Dick Pound has launched an attack on the politics within the committee.

Belgian Jacques Rogge has won the race for the Presidency of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after beating off the challenge of South Korea’s Kim Un-Yong to succeed the retiring Juan Antonio Samaranch.

Jacques Rogge is almost certain to be appointed as the new president of the International Olympic Committee.